The government is set to construct a natural gas pipeline linking Kenya and Tanzania.
In the Programme Based Budget that was prepared by the National Treasury, it was revealed that the process to begin the development of the project would be undertaken in the upcoming financial year.
According to the timelines issued, 50 per cent of the preliminary activities such as feasibility studies will be done between July 2025 and June 2026.
All the preliminary activities will be conducted by the end of June 2027.
The pipeline is expected to enhance the production of cooking gas in Kenya and reduce the cost of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG).
"In the FY 2024/25 and the Medium -Term, the State Department will undertake preliminary activities towards development of Kenya-Tanzania Natural Gas Pipeline," read the plan in part.
According to plans that were detailed by President William Ruto, the pipeline is expected to cover over 600 kilometres and will link Mombasa and Dar es Salaam.
He also added an extension would later be done from Mombasa to Nairobi.
"We will expedite the gas pipeline from Dar es Salaam to Mombasa and eventually to Nairobi so that we can use the resources that we have in our to lower energy tariffs both for commercial and domestic use in Kenya,” Ruto noted during his visit to Tanzania in 2022.
The project will be undertaken through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to the tune of Ksh140 billion.
Meanwhile, the government noted that it would be distributing 6 KG gas cylinders to low-income families.
Some 210,000 households are being targeted in the plan. In each of the three financial years starting 2024/2025, 70,000 cylinders will be distributed.
"210,000 low-income households will be supplied with 6kgs LPG cylinders through the Mwananchi Gas Project and 227 Public Learning Institutions be provided with Clean Cooking Gas (CCG)," read the plan in part.
